It buries deep inside you
To your center, pure and weak
It latches on and melds with walls
This unsuspecting leech
It touches every feeling
Even taints your view of life
What was once a bright and budding field
Is now filled with traps and strife
It tells you that your worthless
Trying only gets your hurt
It tells you don't begin the race
For you'll never come in first
After years go by in anguish
You look inside to see
The leech that started out so small
Is now the only presence seen
Oct 16, 2015
Oct 16, 2015 at 11:08 AM UTC
It buries deep inside you
To your center, pure and weak
It latches on and melds with walls
This unsuspecting leech
It touches every feeling
Even taints your view of life
What was once a bright and budding field
Is now filled with traps and strife
It tells you that your worthless
Trying only gets your hurt
It tells you don't begin the race
For you'll never come in first
After years go by in anguish
You look inside to see
The leech that started out so small
Is now the only presence seen
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